# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Eric Whitacre’s The Sacred Veil
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 25 Apr, 2026 at 07:30 pm – Sat, 25 Apr, 2026 at 09:30 pm (-07:00)
- **Event Description**: This concert will run approximately 70 minutes, without intermission.

The most recent collaboration between Eric Whitacre and poet/lyricist Charles Anthony Silvestri, The Sacred Veil captures the human experience through an intimate and compelling story of life, love and loss. Silvestri’s wife, Julie, died of ovarian cancer at age 36 in 2005, leaving two young children. Including texts from Silvestri, Whitacre, and Julie herself, the profoundly moving score tells a story of courtship, love, loss, and the search for solace.

The lyrics are also used to evoke Silvestri’s concept of a thin veil that separates the past from the future, the living from the dead, the temporal from the eternal. Whitacre’s profoundly moving score uses simple melodies played by the piano and a solo cello to provide a ground for the sometimes straightforward, sometimes soaringly complex choral parts.

The Sacred Veil is one of the most important musical works of our time, a work of cathartic and transformative art that captures the human experience, and that resonates universally for anyone whose grief—recent or deep-seated—has never completely found closure.

We hope you can join us for these special concerts that highlight how choral music can reach the heart and heal the soul.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/portland/eric-whitacre’s-the-sacred-veil/200029906832904
- **Event Categories**: music, entertainment, art, concerts, literary-art, live-music
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 8

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Portland
- **state**: OR
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Rose City Park United Methodist Church
- **lat**: 45.541969
- **long**: -122.603157
- **full address**: Rose City Park United Methodist Church, 5830 NE Alameda St, Portland, OR 97213-3426, United States

## Event gallery

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Eric Whitacre’s The Sacred Veil being held?
  - **A:** Eric Whitacre’s The Sacred Veil takes place on Sat, 25 Apr, 2026 at 07:30 pm to Sat, 25 Apr, 2026 at 09:30 pm at Rose City Park United Methodist Church, 5830 NE Alameda St, Portland, OR 97213-3426, United States.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Eric Whitacre’s The Sacred Veil?
  - **A:** Eric Whitacre’s The Sacred Veil is organized by Choral Arts Ensemble of Portland.
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** Eric Whitacre’s The Sacred Veil is ideal for live music fans, concert-goers, and anyone who enjoys unforgettable performances from their favorite artists in an electric live atmosphere. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Portland, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If Eric Whitacre’s The Sacred Veil sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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